It Is Our Duty, My Young Friends,

Virtue Is Uniform, Conformable To Reason, And Of Unvarying Consistency; Nothing Can Be Added To It That Can Make It More Than Virtue; Nothing Can Be Taken From It, And The Name Of Virtue Be Left.

Nothing Is More Praiseworthy, Nothing More Suited To A Great And Illustrious Man Than Placability And A Merciful Disposition.

A War Is Never Undertaken By The Ideal State, Except In Defense Of Its Honor Or Its Safety.

Though Laughter Is Allowable, A Horse-laugh Is Abominable.

There Is No Duty More Indispensible Than That Of Returning A Kindness.